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Updated Mar 02, 2021 | 16:47 IST
Noida News: The city administration has prepared a list of 424,555 beneficiaries for the third phase which includes 220 vaccination booths in 26 hospitals. Representational Image | Photo Credit: IANS
Noida: On Monday, Noida records over 98 per cent turnout of citizens participation for the vaccination process, as phase 3 of the Covid-19 vaccination drive for people above 60 years of age and those over 45 years with comorbidities rolled out.
Phase 3 of Covid vaccination started on March 1 for people who are above 60. The vaccine was administered in three hospitals which includes SJM super speciality hospital in Chhijarsi, district hospital in Sector 30 and the Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) in Greater Noida.
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NOIDA: As the city gets ready for the second day of the vaccination drive on Friday, government and private hospital officials said they are getting scores of queries about the shots, with most being about efficacy and side-effects.
Doctors attending to these queries said many senior citizens and patients with comorbidities have expressed reservations about the vaccine and want to wait for a few months before deciding to get the shots themselves.
While the District Hospital at Sector 30 has more than 700 patients visiting its OPD daily, the Government Institute of Medical Sciences, Greater Noida, has about 200 people. Yatharth and Sharda hospitals get about 400 patients in each of their OPDs daily.